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Iced coffee contains as many calories as a hot meal -

Some ice coffees contain as many calories as a warm meal. Research shows that the biggest culprit contains 561 calories!
Other varieties contain more than 450 calories and most of them contain more than 200. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) warned about this in the English media.
It is especially the combination of sugar, full fat […]

Popularity: 17% [?]

Coffee before exercising can reduce muscle pain -

Do you have a lot of muscle pains after working out? Take a cup of coffee before starting your exercise and you will suffer less from muscle ache afterwards.
This is the result of a recent study done by Robert Motl at the University of Illinois. The researcher discovered that the caffeine in coffee blocks certain […]

Popularity: 31% [?]

Caffeine in sunscreen could prevent skin cancer -

Caffeine in sunscreen could prevent skin cancer, according to researchers.
Sunscreen made form coffee, tea or chocolate could prevent the most common form of skin cancer in the future. A researcher proved that caffeine protects the skin against ultraviolet rays.
During laboratory tests it was shown that caffeine destroys cells that have been damaged by UV rays […]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Caffeine affects men more than women -

A strong cup of coffee has more effect on men than on women. This is the result of a study done at the University of Barcelona.
668 Students at the University were examined in this study for the effects of drinking a cup of coffee. The researchers measured the ability to concentrate of the test subjects […]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Facts and fiction about coffee -

Coffee is bad for you
Fiction It has long been thought that coffee increased the risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer, but a significant, permanent increase has never been shown through scientific study. It has been shown that coffee influences cholesterol levels. Unfiltered coffee can increase cholesterol levels if consumed in big quantities. If you drink […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Caffeine enhances fat burning during exercise -

Researchers at the Australian Institute of Sport found that caffeine triggers the release of fats into the bloodstream during physical activity, meaning that fat is burned first, reserving stores of carbs for later and enabling you to exercise longer. Even better is that one or two cups of coffee before the gym can reduce post-exercise […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Three benefits of coffee -

Turn your health around with a cup or three of coffee a day.

One cup gives 64% of your daily antioxidant intake protecting against cancer.
Two cups per day gives you a 43% lower risk of getting liver cancer in later life.
Three cups per day protects against the decline of cognitive memory.

Popularity: 11% [?]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Caffeine dangerous during pregnancy -

Women have an increased risk of a miscarriage if they drank a lot of drinks containing caffeine every day during the first months of their pregnancy. Women who drank 200 mg of caffeine (about two cups of coffee) or more daily, doubled the risk compared to women who ingested no caffeine whatsoever. To prevent any […]

Popularity: 17% [?]

Fresh brew coffee machines bad for cholesterol levels -

In coffee there is a substance called cafestol that naturally occurres in coffee beans. Is has been known for quite some time that cafestol increases cholesterol levels and thus increases the risk of a heart attack. At home people mostly drink filter coffee. Filtered coffee contains a lot less cafestol than coffee from fresh brew […]

Popularity: 22% [?]

Coffee as sunscreen -

A study done at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, shows that caffeine in combination with exercise gives protection agains UVB. This is the radiation in sun light that can cause skin cancer. The Americans gave hairless mice (which are very sensitive to skin cancer) water with caffeine, or a wheel to run in or […]

Popularity: 19% [?]